A REFERENDUM will be held on the Farnham Neighbourhood Plan on Thursday, May 4, along side the Surrey County Council elections.

The area covered by the Farnham Neighbourhood Plan is the same as the Farnham Town Council boundary, which is within the Waverley Borough Council local planning authority area. Those eligible to vote will receive a poll card advising them of their allocated polling station and polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm.

Voters in Farnham will be asked: ‘Do you want Waverley Borough Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Farnham to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?’

Farnham Town Council clerk Iain Lynch said: “After several years of hard work by Farnham residents and businesses, Farnham’s Neighbourhood Plan is a step closer to being adopted.

“Residents and businesses have been widely consulted about how land should be used and the type of development that should happen across the area for the next 15 years. The proposed plan shows the housing and employment sites needed in Farnham and identifies key sites where residents have said development could take place.

“I urge all Farnham electors to take part in the referendum and to confirm whether they wish the Neighbourhood Plan to be the planning document that decides development in Farnham over the next 15 years.”

Only residents of Farnham are eligible to vote, anyone not yet registered to vote can do so by Thursday, April 13, online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or by contacting Electoral Services on 01483 523116.

• For more information about the Farnham Neighbourhood Plan, the plan and supporting documents go to:www.waverley.gov.uk. The documents are also available to view at the council offices, The Burys, Godalming, or at the Farnham Locality Office in South Street.